Not only is the city of Detroit bankrupt, it also has one of the highest murder rates in the country. When government-enforced power restrictions are applied, hell on earth becomes hotter in the already anything-goes, cutthroat city....
African Americans
- Auteur:White, Marlon P.S., Moore, MichelSommaire:
- Auteur:Ruffin, AmberSommaire:
Amber Ruffin and her sister Lacey Lamar share absurd anecdotes about everyday experiences of racism with humor and heart.
- Auteur:Hurston, Zora NealeSommaire:
The quintessential gathering of provocative essays from one of the world's most celebrated writers, Zora Neale Hurston. Collectively, these essays showcase the roles enslavement and Jim Crow have played in intensifying Black people...
- Auteur:McDonough, Yona ZeldisSommaire:
In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights...
- Auteur:Bader, BonnieSommaire:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was soon organizing black people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation, and other basic civil rights. Maintaining...
- Auteur:Buckley, JamesSommaire:
At the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, track and field star Jesse Owens ran himself straight into international glory by winning four gold medals. But the life of Jesse Owens is much more than a sports story. Born in rural Alabama under...
- Auteur:Forster, GwynneSommaire:
Starting a new life in the Thank the Lord Boarding House, a place that houses "misguided souls," Jolene discovers that she is not alone when she meets Richard Peterson, a high-powered businessman disillusioned by romance and material...
- Auteur:Norman-Bellamy, KendraSommaire:
Could Shaylynn Ford be the perfect woman for Neil Taylor? Neil certainly thinks so. The problem is, he's pretty sure he's not her perfect man--that was her husband, Emmett, a wealthy politician who was assassinated eight years...
- Auteur:Parks, Electa RomeSommaire:
A whole decade has passed since Baldwin, Brenden, Bria, and Christopher last saw each other. Now they are reunited in a small North Carolina town to attend the funeral of one of their own. Baldwin, the romantic, Brenden, the do-gooder,...
- Auteur:Poole, Daaimah S.Sommaire:
Adrienne Sheppard isn't raking it in as an NFL star's baby mama, so she's looking to get wifed. Zakiya Lee is pregnant by the NBA's hottest new player, but fame is wearing her out. And sports reporter Cherise Long has a pro athlete...
- Auteur:Harris, KaiSommaire:
Named A Most Aniticipated Book of 2022 by *Marie Claire* Buzzfeed* Essence* Bookriot* Bookbub and more! "Harris rewrites the coming-of-age story with Black girlhood at the center."--New York Times. In the vein of Jesmyn Ward...
- Auteur:Day, ZuriSommaire:
Following a steamy European encounter, Tiffany Matthews is now working as a sous chef at wealthy businessman Dominick Rollins' prestigious L.A. restaurant. Tiffany tries to keep her new boss at arm's length, but soon she surrenders to...
- Auteur:Octavia, GraceSommaire:
Rachel Winslow is a successful Atlanta wedding planner still searching for true love. When her longtime best friend Ian breaks the news that he's getting married, Rachel realizes the depth of her feelings for him. Ian complicates...
- Auteur:Selfors, SuzanneSommaire:
Fans of Stick Dog and My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish will love Suzanne Selfors's hilarious new series about the growing pains of blended families and the secret rivalry of pets. When a bouncy, barky dog and an evil genius guinea pig...
- Auteur:Hammonds, Jas.Sommaire:
Seventeen-year-old Avery Anderson is convinced her senior year is ruined when she's uprooted from her life in DC and forced into the hostile home of her terminally ill grandmother, Mama Letty. The tension between Avery's mom...
- Auteur:Watson, RenéeSommaire:
From Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson, the first book in a young middle grade series about Ryan Hart, a girl who is pure spirit, kindness, and sunshine. Ryan Hart can be and do anything. Her name...
- Auteur:Mda, ZakesSommaire:
In Ways of Dying, Zakes Mda's acclaimed first novel, Toloki is a "professional mourner" in a vast and violent city of the new South Africa. Day after day he attends funerals in the townships, dressed with dignity in a threadbare suit,...
- Auteur:Joseph, Peniel E.Sommaire:
An acclaimed chronicler of the Civil Rights Movement, Peniel Joseph presents this sweeping overview of a key component of the struggle for racial equality--the Black Power movement. This is the story of the men and women who sacrificed...
- Auteur:ZaneSommaire:
Mega bestselling author Zane returns to the world of her hugely popular novels Addicted and Nervous in this dark and exhilarating follow-up featuring a beautiful but emotionally damaged pop star desperate and determined to enact revenge...
- Auteur:Walters, EricSommaire:
It's a new season for Nick and Kia and once again they have to prove they've got what it takes to make the Mississauga Magic rep team. There is no free ride on Coach Barkley's team. The tryouts are tough but fair and it looks like the...
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